[Gllug] ntl cable modem

[michael norman]

Hi all

Tomorrow week i'm having ntl home broadband installed.  I intend to let them 
set it up in w98 and then set it up from Linux (SuSE8.0 but I hope 8.1 by 
then).

I gather from some googling (the rep I asked about how it connects said it 
just connects to your pc) that ntl will bring a device that connects via usb.  
Some more googling about cable modems in Linux suggests that I have to 
install an ethernet card, connect the modem to that using dhcp and then tell 
ntl that I need to register its mac address.

So my questions are :

Anybody using this service with linux, preferably SuSE ?

Can you confirm my understanding as above ?

Is ther a recommende ethernet card ?

Are ther any other issues I should be aware of ?

How good is the service.

I'll be very grateful for any help with this

TIA

Mike

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